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Capacete

21 Sep - 20 Oct 2013

CAPACETE
21 September - 20 October 2013

An exhibition organized by Helmut Batista, the founder of the research-based residency program CAPACETE Entertainments, based in Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo. The projects gather multiple voices from 16 years of CAPACETE and consist of a series of live events, performances, installations, and text contributions.

21.09.2013: from 8pm
Opening of CAPACETE
CAPACETE will open with a concert/performance by Arto Lindsay. The concert/performance will not only act as a soundtrack for the exhibition, but also for the new film Ecstatic by Helmut Batista and Amilcar Packer. Simultaneously, a Churrasco will be held, followed with a set by Baba Electronica & DJ Lonely.

27.09.2013: from 8pm
FUMACÊ
Artist Alexandre Vogler smokes Portikus and the environment out with FUMACÊ. FUMACÊ is a mobile censer, which refers to the Brazilian Candomblé culture. Transported on a bicycle, Alexandre Vogler will cast out Frankfurt ́s evil spirits through FUMACÊ and bless the city.

05.10.2013: from 8pm
PAISAGEM SONORA
Brazilian multi-instrumentalist SIRI will give a concert/performance, and offers a second soundtrack to the film Ecstatic. SIRI uses the Berimbau, the main instrument of the Afro-Brazilian martial dance Capoeira as a medium of sound.

09.10.2013: from 8pm
Book Launch, Rogério Duarte
Designer, poet, musician, artist and author, Rogério Duarte is a central figure of the Tropicalia movement. His influence on imagery and aesthetics of this movement is presented in this first publication in both English and Portuguese. Initiated by artist Mariana Castillo Deball and designer Manuel Raeder, and developed in a four-year exchange with Rogério Duarte and published by BOM DIA BOA TARDE BOA NOITE.
 

Tags: Mariana Castillo Deball, Alexandre Vogler